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Before I forget...I have to add a post about a recent classroom visit. I had the opportunity to visit a class of wonderfully excited grade ones...but aren't they always exited?
The topic was to make our own Pigeon books. The teacher and I hummed and hawed.
Would the kids write their own Don't Let the Pigeon...story?
Would we do one together as a class?
I don't know what I was thinking...you know how I love choice in topic...
Well...we started writing...the kids were excited...the MANDATORY topic:
Don't Let the Pigeon have a Sleepover....
We brainstormed....
We laughed...
We drew pigeons...
We accessorized pigeons....
We handed out the blank little books...
We conferenced...
We.....HEARD TEARS!!!! (Rhymes with jeers!)
My head nearly swivelled off my neck.
I thought the student was frustrated spelling....NOPE!
"What's wrong?" I asked.
He said," I want to write about....Don't Let the Pigeon Scuba Dive."
I paused..."then write it!"
A smile...the tears evaporated....and another little writer was on the way...
Moral of the story....
Write what you care about and LET THEM do the same!
Until Next Time,
Litmaven Out!
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